Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G vs Samsung Galaxy S24 FE

Here we compared two smartphones: the 6.67-inch Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1) that was released on October 27, 2022, against the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE, which is powered by Exynos 2400e and came out 1 year and 11 months after. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each smartphone
Reasons to consider the Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 1024GB
  • Has 2 SIM card slots
  • Weighs 25 grams less
  • Includes a 3.5 mm headphone audio jack port
  • Has a built-in infrared port
Reasons to consider the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
  • 3.4x better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (1977K versus 584K)
  • The rear camera has a 3x optical zoom
  • Delivers 95% higher peak brightness (1372 against 703 nits)
  • Has 2x more RAM: 8GB versus 4GB
  • Shows 10% longer battery life (23:02 vs 20:51 hours)
  • Handles wireless charging up to 15W
  • Newer Bluetooth version (v5.3)
  • Optical image stabilization
  • Waterproof body (IP68 classification)
  • Ability to record video in 4K resolution
  • Slow-motion recording at 960FPS
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 13
  • Compatible with Wi-Fi 6 wireless networks

Review

Evaluation of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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4 / 128 GB
VS
8 / 128 GB
73.6
(Good)
Value Index
65.9
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests

Display

Type AMOLED Dynamic AMOLED
Size 6.67 inches 6.7 inches
Resolution 1080 x 2400 pixels 1080 x 2340 pixels
Aspect ratio 20:9 19.5:9
PPI 395 ppi 385 ppi
Refresh rate 120 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (60-120 Hz)
Max rated brightness 1200 nits 1300 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR - 1900 nits
HDR support No Yes, HDR10+
Touch sampling rate 240 Hz -
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3 Gorilla Glass Victus Plus
Screen-to-body ratio 84.9% 88%
Display features - DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
- DCI-P3
- Always-On Display
Display tests
RGB color space 99.8% 100%
PWM 343 Hz 120 Hz
Response time 1 ms 2 ms
Contrast ∞ Infinity ∞ Infinity
Peak brightness test (auto)
703 nits
1372 nits
Sources: NotebookCheck [3], [4]

Design and build

Height 165.88 mm (6.53 inches) 162 mm (6.38 inches)
Width 76.21 mm (3 inches) 77.3 mm (3.04 inches)
Thickness 7.98 mm (0.31 inches) 8 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 188 g (6.63 oz) 213 g (7.51 oz)
Waterproof IP53 IP68
Advanced cooling - Vapor chamber
Rear material Plastic Glass
Frame material Plastic Metal
Colors Black, Blue, Green Black, Gray, Blue, Green, Yellow
Fingerprint scanner Yes, in-button Yes, in-display
Repairability - Good (3.11/5)
Drop resistance - Excellent (A) · 270 drops
Screen-to-body ratio

Performance

Chipset specifications of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 Samsung Exynos 2400e
Max clock 2000 MHz 3110 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 10 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4)
Architecture - 6 cores at 1.8 GHz: Cortex-A55
- 2 cores at 2 GHz: Cortex-A78
- 4 cores at 1.95 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 3 cores at 2.6 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 2 cores at 2.9 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.11 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache - 8 MB
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Lithography process 6 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Yes
GPU
Graphics Adreno 619 Xclipse 940
GPU shading units 256 768
GPU clock 700 MHz 1095 MHz
FLOPS ~358.4 GFLOPS ~3406.8 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G and Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) - 16611
Single-core score 852 2045
Multi-core score 2048 6397
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
1977269
CPU 237153 675682
GPU 49405 670589
Memory 127974 229976
UX 169647 401022
Total score 584179 1977269
Samples [2 tests] [55 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 70%
Graphics test - 13 FPS
Graphics score - 1769
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 29 FPS
Section 1 - 35 FPS
Section 2 - 28 FPS
Section 3 - 24 FPS
Graphics score - 7699
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Stability 99% -
Graphics test 1 FPS -
Graphics score 308 -
Sources: 3DMark [5], [6]
PCMark 3.0
Web score 7249 15997
Video editing 4117 8031
Photo editing 18072 33878
Data manipulation 7730 12347
Writing score 10678 19836

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Xiaomi Redmi Note 12 5G
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-19 (RøFîKüL)AnTuTu 11584179
📘 2026-05-12 (Mark)AnTuTu 11403824
📘 2025-01-06 (doctor)Geekbench 6 CPU852 / 2048
Samsung Galaxy S24 FE
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-12 -> bo177575AnTuTu 122370118
📘 2026-10-12 (Abs)AnTuTu 112053895
📘 2026-09-21 (Vishnu)AnTuTu 122276561
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShCPU Throttle81%
📘 2026-09-08 -> lUjekShAnTuTu 122134029

Memory

RAM
RAM size 4 GB 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Channels 2 4
Storage
Storage size 128 GB 128 GB
Storage type UFS 2.2 UFS 4.0
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 1024 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 12 (Can be upgraded to Android 13) Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 16)
ROM MIUI 14 One UI 8.0
OS size 33 GB 23.5 GB
OS updates - 4 years
Security updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 5000 mAh 4700 mAh
Max charge power 33 W 25 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Ion
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No Yes (15 W)
Reverse charging No Yes, (wireless)
Bypass charging - No
Fast charging Yes (56% in 30 min) Yes (56% in 30 min)
Full charging time 1:08 hr 1:10 hr
Battery cycles - 2000 cycles
Battery life tests
Web browsing 06:46 hr 07:20 hr
Watching video 12:56 hr 13:33 hr
Gaming 05:11 hr 05:11 hr
Standby 112 hr 129 hr
General battery life
20:51 hr
23:02 hr

Main camera

Matrix 48 megapixels 50 megapixels
Image resolution 8000 x 6000 8160 x 6120
Zoom Digital Optical, 3x
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Digital Optical
8K video recording No Up to 30FPS
4K video recording No Up to 120FPS
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 120FPS
Slow motion 120 FPS (720p) 960 FPS (720p)
Angle of widest lens 120° 123°
Lenses 1) Standard: 48 MP
2) Ultrawide: 8 MP
3) Macro: 2 MP
1) Standard: 50 MP
2) Telephoto: 8 MP
3) Ultrawide: 12 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
- Bokeh mode
- Pro mode
Standard lens
Image resolution 48 MP 50 MP
Aperture f/1.8 f/1.8
Focal length - 24 mm
Sensor Samsung ISOCELL JN1 Samsung ISOCELL S5KGN3
Sensor size 1/2.76" (≈ 0.36 inch) 1/1.57" (≈ 0.64 inch)
Pixel size 0.8 micron 1 micron
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel)
Stabilization Digital Optical
Telephoto lens
Image resolution - 8 MP
Aperture - f/2.4
Focal length - 75 mm
Sensor - OmniVision OV08A10
Sensor size - 1/4.4" (≈ 0.23 inch)
Pixel size - 1 micron
Stabilization - Optical
Ultra-wide lens
Image resolution 8 MP 12 MP
Aperture f/2.2 f/2.2
Focal length - 13 mm
Sensor Omnivision OV08D Samsung S5K3L6
Sensor size 1/4" (≈ 0.25 inch) 1/3.0" (≈ 0.33 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.12 micron
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution 2 MP -
Aperture f/2.4 -
Sensor size 1/4.0" (≈ 0.25 inch) -
Stabilization Digital -

DxOMark main camera tests

Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
Bokeh - 60
Preview - 69
Zoom - 126
Samples - Photo samples of Samsung Galaxy S24 FE from DxOMark

Selfie camera

Megapixels 13 megapixels 10 megapixels
Image resolution - 3648 x 2736
Aperture f/2.5 f/2.4
Focal length - 26 mm
Sensor CMOS Samsung S5K3J1
Sensor size - 1/2.65" (≈ 0.38 inch)
Pixel size 1.12 micron 1.22 micron
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 5 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac) Wi-Fi 6E (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
- Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.1 5.3
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 2 3.2
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
- Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort - Yes
GPS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
NFC* Depends on the region Yes
Infrared port Yes No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 1
Type of SIM card Nano Nano
Multi SIM mode Standby Standby
eSIM support* No Yes
Hybrid slot Yes No
LTE Cat* - 20
5G support Yes Yes

Sound

Speakers Mono Stereo
Headphone audio jack Yes No
FM radio Yes No
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Speakers test
Max loudness

Other

Category Mid-range Flagship
Announced October 2022 September 2024
Release date March 2023 October 2024
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $649
Successor - Xiaomi Redmi Note 15 5G - Samsung Galaxy S25 FE
SAR (head) - 0.86 W/kg
SAR (body) - 1.29 W/kg
Sensors - Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Compass
- Fingerprint
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor
- Compass
- Fingerprint
Bundled charger Yes, 33 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Galaxy S24 FE:
    - The 128 GB variant features UFS 3.1 memory, other models have UFS 4.0.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Samsung Galaxy S24 FE is definitely a better buy.

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